Nellóre, a town of Madras Presidency, capital of a district of the same name, situated on the right bank of the Pennar, 107 miles N. of Madras. It was formerly an important fortress. In 1787 a pot filled with Roman gold coins and medals—chiefly of Trajan, Hadrian, and Faustina—was found under the ruins of a small Hindu temple here. Pop. 29,336.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 431
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